Proper Nouns and Proper
Adjectives
5-2
Pgs. 236-238
Proper Nouns: People and
Places
Proper nouns name specific people,
places, or things.
Capitalize the first word of a proper
noun and each additional important
word.
Proper Nouns
Names, initials Dinah L. Williams.
Titles, abbreviations Mr. Lodmel
Capitalize titles before names, but not Mayor Lodmel
when they are used alone.
The mayor
Always capitalize the title President President Lincoln
when referring to the President of the
United States. The President
Terms for relatives Uncle Sonny
Capitalize words showing family Did Mother call?
relationships only when they are used
before a name or when they take the My uncle
place of a name.
Proper Nouns
Cities, counties, states Los Angeles
Warner
South Dakota
Countries, continents, regions of the Costa Rica, South Africa
United States The South, the Midwest
Capitalize regions of the country but not We drove south.
directions.
Planets Mercury, Jupiter
Bodies of water Nile River, Pacific Ocean
Geographic features Gobi Desert, Rocky Mountains
Streets, highways Park Avenue
Connecticut Turnpike
Buildings, bridges, monuments Museum of Modern Art
Brooklyn Bridge
Washington Monument
Proper Nouns name other things
besides people and places.
Days, Months Monday, June
Do not capitalize the names of the spring, winter
seasons.
Organizations, institutions Peace Corps
Capitalize the word school, college, or Dakota State University
university only if it is part of a proper the college in South Dakota
noun.
Languages, people Greek, Asian
Events, Periods French Revolution
Stone Age
Documents Mayflower Compact
Proper Adjectives are adjectives
formed from proper nouns and must
also be capitalized.
Proper Nouns Proper Adjective
Asia Asian countries
France French fries
Olympus Olympic games
Iron Age Iron Age tools
April April showers
Answer 1-13
1. Dr. Alice Hamilton, New York
2. University of Michigan, March
3. Hamiltons, Dutch, Irish, English
4. Dr. Hamilton, Hull House, Chicago
5. Italian
6. Hamilton, February
7. Miss Porter’s School, Farmington,
Connecticut
8. United States
9. Bureau of Labor
10. Hamilton, German, British
11. European
12. Illionois
13. Alice, Harvard Medical School